Riot Games - Los Angeles, CA
posted 2 months ago
As a Sr. Manager, Software Engineering at Riot Games, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the product strategy for the Player Platform SDK. This position requires a blend of technical expertise and managerial acumen, as you will guide multiple teams within the Player Platform group. Your primary focus will be on creating scalable solutions that handle central services for all players and games, ensuring that every player has an exceptional first engagement with Riot's offerings. You will also be responsible for providing integrations for our games to these services, thereby enhancing the overall player experience. In this role, you will mentor and develop a team of engineers, fostering their career growth and helping them leverage their individual strengths. You will manage teams consisting of 6-10 software engineers, ranging from associate-level to principal-level, and support them in collaborating with product, delivery, technical, and quality leads. Your leadership will be crucial in refining design, code, and release processes for the products and solutions produced by your teams. You will also be tasked with designing the team structure to ensure it possesses the necessary skills and staff to meet our goals. Balancing short-term and long-term needs will be essential to ensure the stability, operational efficiency, and extensibility of the services and SDKs we build. Your expertise in project management and investment strategies will guide the teams in delivering high-quality software that aligns with our customers' long-term objectives.